%0 Journal Article
%T Visions for IAHSI, the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics
%A Reinhold Haux
%J Archive of "Yearbook of Medical Informatics".
%D 2018
%R 10.1055/s-0038-1641214
%X These visions for IAHSI, the newly founded International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (ˇ°the Academyˇ±), include the following principles, in order of descending priority: (1) The Academy should attempt to contribute to the health of the people in our world, (2) the Academy should be engaged in advising governments and organizations on developing health and science through informatics, (3) the Academy should stimulate progress in informatics research, education, and practice, (4) Academy members should share and exchange knowledge, (5) the Academy's structure and organization should follow the tradition of scientific societies, (6) Academy membership is one of the highest honors in informatics internationally, (7) the Academy should meet where the International Medical Informatics Association meets, and (8) the Academy's structure and organization should be lean and unbiased. These visions have been put forward for discussion specifically but not exclusively to the inaugural class of the Academy, organized at the 2018 Medical Informatics Europe conference, with its distinguished members
%K Biomedical and health informatics
%K medical informatics
%K health informatics
%K academies of science
%K International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115239/